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No. 445,548. Patented Peb. 3,1891.

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Patented Feb. 8., 1891,

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CHARLES A. FILKINS, OF AMSTERDAM, NIMF YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,548, dated February3, 1891. Application filed July 11, 1890. Serial No. 358.11.28. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FILKiNs, a citizen of the United States,residing` at Amsterdam, county of Montgomery, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aprons, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novelconstruction and combination ot parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ol'reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication. n

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure lis a front plan View of my improved apron with the lapels foldedback in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lapelsunfolded and laidout flat. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the body part of theapron, as the same appears when cut from the fabricweb in the process ofmanufacture, and provided with the front slit. Fig. a is a similar viewof the lapel-piece detached. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross -section iakenon the broken line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

In the manufacture of my improved apron I eut from a web ot' cloth orother material desired for the apron the main or body part A, in theformshown in Fig. 5, and cut down the middle of the upper part the slit A. Ialso cut out the neckband-pieces A2 and secure them. to the upper partof the main piece by lines of stitching A3, as shown in Figs. l and 2.The lapel-piece B is cut from the web in the form shown in Fig. et andprovided with the upper middle slit B. The lapel-piece is secured bylines ot stitching' B2 to the bodypiece, so that the slits in the twopieces coin-4 cide, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the edges of the twopieces being turned in, as shown in Fig. 5, to provide finished edges. Alapel B is thus formed on each side of the slits A and B', which may befolded back upon the body of the apron, the folds extending from a pointnear the end of the slits along the dotted lines B4 to the top of thebody part of the apron, giving the apron the appearance of a vest orcoat and exposing to view the shirtfront ofthe wearer. The lower part ofthe lapel-piece may be provided with two or more buttons B5 to add tothe vest-like appearance. The ends of the neckbands are provided withmeans for fastening them together around the neck, as the holes A",adapted to receive fastening-studs. The body part of the apron is alsoprovided with means for securing it to the body of the wearer, as theapron-strings A5, and with a pocket C, consisting of a piece of fabricsecured to the apron by a marginal line of stitching C. A smaller pocketispartitioned off from the main pocket by the vertical line of stitchingC2. The smaller pocket is made just large enough to receive and securelyhold a pencil C, so that it will not slip out when the wearei1 of theapron stoops and inverts the pocket, as it will from an ordinary largerpocket. I am thus able to provide for grocers, market-men, saloonemploys, and others a convenient and tidy apron, which will protect theother garments of the wearer and at the same time give him a genteel anddressed appearance.

lVhen desired, a pair of straps orstrings D may be provided, to pass oneunder each ot' the arms and connect the neckband-pieces with the bodypart of the apron, to prevent any displacement ot' the parts by reasonof violent or unusual movements of the arms orbody of the wearer. I haveshown in Fig. l the straps D, each secured at its upper end to aneckband-piece and provided atits other end with a button D, adapted tobe insert-ed in 011e of the button -holes .D2 in the body part. Byhaving a plurality of button-holes D2 at different points in the bodypart of the apron the straps can be easily adjusted to fitdifferent-sized persons.

I do not cla-im la-pels, broadly, as such devices have lon g been in useupon various garments, including shirts, vests, and the like.

My lapels, applied to an apron,- are made of a piece of slitted fabricleft entire below the slit which separates them. Said piece constitutesa stay at the bottom of the slit in the apron and also provides meansfor ornamenting the apron-front.

IVhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In anapron, the combination, with a body having its lower `front closed andits upper front slitted, ot' a lapel-piece slit-ted for a IOO pal-t ofvits length :1nd seem-ed to the body with itslifuted'ledges superimposedupon the slitted edges of the body and its end beyond 1 w v w the slitupon the Closed fron'of the body,zn1d CHARLEb A' 11 ILhINb'meansforseeulingthe apron to the person of it Witnesses:

the wearer, substantially as and for the pu 1'- C. S. N ISBET,

poses set forth. SAMUEL WAssEh-MAN.

